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Sandia National Laboratories · 10 September 2026
Quantum Universal Operations Performance System (QUOPS)
Introduction of an architecture-agnostic benchmarking framework (QUOPS) for cross-platform measurement of quantum computational capability, enabling 'apples-to-apples' comparisons between different physical modalities such as superconducting and trapped-ion systems.
PASSQuantum computingSCIENTIFIC_RESULTconfidence: high
Search window: 2026-09-09 → 2026-10-08Record: 20261008_073933_quantum-computing.json
Why it matters
The QUOPS framework provides a standardized methodology for the quantum computing industry to benchmark progress across fundamentally different hardware architectures (e.g., superconducting vs. trapped-ion), facilitating a unified metric for computational capability.
Verified claims
Introduction of the QUOPS framework for cross-platform quantum benchmarking.
Publication of technical results for the QUOPS benchmark (arXiv:2609.12146) quantifying the size and speed of computationally relevant quantum circuits.
Limitations
- No explicit limitations recorded.
Sources
Benchmarking the computational power of quantum computersarXiv · 2026-09-10 · primary
QUOPS: New Quantum Benchmark Compares Google, IBM, Quantinuum for First TimeTechTimes · 2026-09-15 · secondary